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Beacon Lights@BeaconLights2·
@Lib4Liv @FennellJW Unless it’s anything like eurofighter…. But yeah it should. Three+ engine assembly plants and three+ final assembly lines isn’t efficient. It’ll bring costs down for single source components like the radar etc. Maybe engine work is being split better this time.
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Beacon Lights@BeaconLights2·
@Gabriel64869839 100%. There’s no way these headlines are reached as they never are. Whatever they’re estimating needs several years adding
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Gabriele Molinelli@Gabriel64869839·
With how long it is taking to get first Type 26 operational, whatever the assumed timeline currently is we can safely say it's unworkable. Type 83 should be in build already, to have a prayer of achieving class replacement by 2038. Current Type 45 OSDs will have to change.
Ben Obese-Jecty MP@BenObeseJecty

“On current plans, the last Type 45 Destroyer will retire from service by the end of 2038.” Given that 2038 will be the last of the six to retire, what is the timeline for its replacement? Another question to clarify in the Defence Investment Plan. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/type-45-destro…

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Britsky@TBrit90·
Rapid Sentry is a great work on from Stormer/LML. Lets get a big order in and make sure every major RAF & RN site gets a detachment. Put a turbo charge on the current gun AA program to accompany it and support the Army.
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Beacon Lights@BeaconLights2·
@FennellJW Its not just power though, gas+oil are used for plastics, advanced polymers, helium, other critical chemicals such as various acids, fetiliser components, we need domestic production of these even if we move to 100% EVs and heat pumps running off nuclear.
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JamesFennell MBE@FennellJW·
Its NOT either/or. We should move to renewables and nuclear, but as long as gas remains part of the mix we should use our own resources, they are less carbon intensive to extract and transport and cheaper. We have enough for the transitional period.
Dr Paul Dorfman@dorfman_p

University of Oxford : maximising oil and gas extraction here would only save UK households up to £82 (€95) per year. A UK fully powered by renewable energy, would save households up to £441 (€510) a year on energy bills. euronews.com/2026/03/27/eur…

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Beacon Lights@BeaconLights2·
@Gabriel64869839 Do you think other shipbuilders like fincantieri/damen etc have the right idea where they also build commercial vessels (yachts/tankers/cruise liners) and that way the yards have a constant flow or work and upgrades etc vs sitting around waiting for RN orders only??
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Gabriele Molinelli@Gabriel64869839·
UK ambassador to Norway visited Scotstoun today to see future HMS Glasgow (in photo) and Cardiff fitting out. The stupidly long time it's taking to fit out these ships is unfortunately the result of some of those decisions, over many years, that seemed "sensible" at the time.
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Beacon Lights@BeaconLights2·
@Gabriel64869839 There isn’t really a proper production line for starstreak, they just order all the bits from SMEs and assemble it - you could have a single large automated CNC facility pumping them out like candy (excluding rocket) if the govt demand was there
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Gabriele Molinelli@Gabriel64869839·
I'm glad to hear another LMM/Martlet order is going to happen, but again i ask what progress can be reported on the development of modernized new variant of its predecessor and "father" STARSTREAK and expansion of its own production line. It's the missing piece of the puzzle.
Gabriele Molinelli tweet media
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Beacon Lights@BeaconLights2·
@FennellJW As long as it’s strictly tier 2 and no design or manufacturing changes this is good good news
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JamesFennell MBE@FennellJW·
We should not scoff at interest from other nations in GCAP, its exactly what is needed to ensure its success. India, Poland, Germany, Saudi can all ensure lower unit costs, spiral development and longer production runs. We need to find a way for them to play.
ArkadiuszM Aki Tank@ArkadiuszMolis1

Poland wants to join the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), a new program to build a 6th-generation multi-role aircraft by Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Serious official talks are underway with the Italian and Japanese aviation industries. 1/2 #PAF #PolishArmy

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Devutopia@D_Raval·
Nick Timothy isn't a random backbencher. He's the Shadow Justice Secretary. And here he is arguing that Muslims shouldn't be allowed to pray in public spaces, legal gatherings, with all proper permissions. This is the Conservative Party in 2026. As racist as Reform. The media will largely ignore it. They always do.
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Britten-Norman@BrittenNorman·
In the rugged conditions of the Falkland Islands, true STOL performance isn’t a luxury, its essential. Watch this fishery patrol departure as the Britten-Norman Islander lifts confidently from a grassy strip.
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Beacon Lights@BeaconLights2·
@TheSalesBull1 Not unless we had a govt owned drilling company, the wells get leased to BP and Shell, the govt only gets the lease cost, not the barrel profits.
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The Sales Bull 🎯 Follow if you sell B2C or B2B
The Sales Bull 🎯 Follow if you sell B2C or B2B@TheSalesBull1·
The British public would revolt if they actually understood how much oil and gas is sitting under the North Sea We could have Scandinavian level public services with Arabian levels of tax All we have to do is drill
Mark Kleinman@MarkKleinmanSky

Exclusive: Make UK, the manufacturers' lobbying group, will write to energy secretary Ed Miliband today to urge him to approve new drilling licences at two major North Sea oil and gas fields amid the energy price spikes triggered by the war in Iran. #liveblog-body" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">news.sky.com/story/mark-kle…

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Beacon Lights@BeaconLights2·
@thinkdefence Just seems like every MoD procurement, particular army so just fraught with mistakes. We need change. Chally3, Ajax, Boxer, Watchkeepeer, Bowman…
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Beacon Lights@BeaconLights2·
@WD_____40 @FTusa284 @MarineNationale T45 also never had the full complement of missiles installed. The carriers had huge propulsion issues. Constantly docked. There are systemic failures here, not just lack of investment in dock facilities
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Beacon Lights@BeaconLights2·
@WD_____40 @FTusa284 @MarineNationale We spend more if not similar amounts to France though. There are a lot of questions on where the contracts are going. Yes we,all know ships were ordered too late etc but it’s more than just that. T45 had serious power issues and needed a refit /1
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Beacon Lights@BeaconLights2·
@thinkdefence A giant govt owned facility full of cnc machines, geared to pump out major components for all manner of missiles, rented out to all manufacturers at cost as needed. The SMEs will cry bloody murder but defence can’t be a welfare programme. Royal armoury 2.0
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Beacon Lights@BeaconLights2·
@thinkdefence When you get one order every now and then for a couple hundred units it makes sense, order cnc machine companies to make bits for you, order explosives charges etc and just do the integration and assembly but it’s expensive and slow to scale.
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Think Defence@thinkdefence·
How do you incentivise a missile manufacturer to invest in ruthless cost engineering to drive down the cost of the same missile? Or should the MoD pay for the development and then compete manufacturing separately
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Beacon Lights@BeaconLights2·
@nicholadrummond The question is why the troubled start, and delays, given it’s an existing product already in active use
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Nicholas Drummond@nicholadrummond·
Wedgetail has experienced a troubled start to its RAF service, but when it arrives, we should have no doubt about the utility it will provide…
Tyler Rogoway@Aviation_Intel

So much garbage being passed around here in long jargon filled threads that sound like AI about E-7 Wedgetail and the potential RAAF deployment to the Middle East. Here is all you need to know: it’s arguably the best low flying drone and CM detection sensor on earth. That’s the mission here. Don’t listen to the wacky dribble from people who know nothing but use impressive jargon to trick you.

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Beacon Lights@BeaconLights2·
@DWillis1997 @thinkdefence Does T26 have huge amounts of resources invested specifically in the ASW role? including the endless acoutic protections and hull shape too? Things not necessarily desired for a destroyer? Although maybe we're moving into a much more multi-role space...
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Daniel 🇬🇧@DWillis1997·
@thinkdefence Grow the T26 slightly, fit it with a monstrous set of radars. Increase VLS capacity to well over 100. Ensure it's capable of engaging ballistic threats out the gate. Order, at the very least, 12 of them. Make sure they can be deployed with TLAM. Give them 8x NSM launchers.
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Think Defence@thinkdefence·
For a new air defence destroyer to replace Type 45, why don't we do Type 45 and a bit?. Can we simply evolve the design or is a clean sheet the best option?. And is there enough module build capacity to do this now, get the metal bashing done early?
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Fast Jet Performance 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🎄⭐@timdavies_uk·
OK, I'll bite seeing as only one of us here (out of me and Mr Anon), was actually IN the Royal Navy. I was on a Type 22 back in the early 2000s who was sent, at full steam, to Albania in case things kicked off, picked up SBS en route from a sub etc. By the time we were FORMALLY tasked, we'd been on station for 2 weeks. Basically, Humphrey is talking more bollocks.
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